Immigration Clinic

23/11/2015

Texas has become the deadliest state in the US for undocumented immigrants. In 2012, 271 migrants died while crossing through Texas, surpassing Arizona as the nation's most dangerous entry point. The majority of those deaths didn't occur at the Texas-Mexico border but in rural Brooks County, 70 miles north of the Rio Grande, where the US Border Patrol has a checkpoint. To circumvent the checkpoint, migrants must leave the highway and hike through the rugged ranchlands. Hundreds die each year on the trek, most from heat stroke. This four-part series looks at the lives impacted by the humanitarian crisis.

14/11/2015

As a mark of respect to the Paris victims

30/08/2015

27/08/2015

Net migration to the UK is at an all-time high, reaching 330,000 in the year to March.Among the other ONS findings based on the latest figures were:

Fewer people are leaving the UK, with emigration numbers dropping by 9,000 year-on-year
Other than EU countries, the nation with the highest number of citizens migrating to the UK in the 12 months to June was China, with 89,593 arrivals
India is the most common non-UK country of birth in the UK population - 793,000 UK residents were born in India
Polish is the most common non-British nationality, with 853,000 residents (including those born in the UK) describing their nationality as Polish
In total, 8.4% of UK residents - 5.3 million people - have a non-British nationality
53,000 Romanian and Bulgarian citizens moved to the UK in the last year - almost double the 28,000 in the previous 12 months
There were 25,771 asylum applications in the year to June 2015, an increase of 10% compared with the previous 12 months
A total of 11,600 people were granted asylum or an alternative form of protection. The peak was in 2002 when there were 84,000 applications, of which 28,400 people were allowed to stay in the UK

13/07/2015

The stated objective of the Business Innovation and Investment (BIIP) category is to enable entrepreneurs and investors to invest, or engage in business activities in Australia for the benefit of the Australian economy.

Business Innovation stream: For people with a successful business career and a genuine and realistic commitment to be involved as an owner in a new, or existing business in Australia....

The Investor stream For people with a successful record of qualifying business or eligible investment activity who will make a designated investment in a State or Territory of Australia, and have a realistic commitment to continue to maintain business or investment activity in Australia after the designated investment has matured.

The Significant Investor (SIV) stream For people who are willing to invest at least AUD 5 million into complying investments in Australia and want to maintain business and investment activity in Australia after the original investment has matured.

The Premium Investor (PIV) stream Designed to encourage investment into Australia of at least AUD 15 million that makes a material difference and attracts entrepreneurial skill and talent.

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13/07/2015

Work restrictions on foreign students extended in 'visa fraud crackdown. Non-EU students at publicly funded colleges lose right to work for up to 10 hours a week, matching rule for those at privately funded colleges.

Thousands of foreign students at publicly funded colleges are to lose the right to work in Britain while they study.

The immigration minister, James Brokenshire, announced on Monday that from next month students from outside the European Union who come to study at publicly funded further education colleges will lose the right to work for up to 10 hours a week.

The “new crackdown on visa fraud”, as the Home Office describes it, is aimed at ensuring that student visas are used for study and “not as a backdoor to the country’s job market”.

Further measures will be introduced this autumn, including:

Reducing the length of further education visas from three years to two.
Preventing college students from applying to stay on in Britain and work when they finish their course, unless they leave the country first.
Preventing further education students from extending their studies in Britain unless they are registered at an institution with a formal link to a university.

The number of foreign students at British further education colleges has slumped in recent years from a peak of more than 110,000 in 2011 to 18,297 in the last 12 months.

The fall is partly a result of a squeeze by the home secretary, Theresa May, in an attempt to reduce annual net migration to below 100,000.

Ministers say the fall is also a result of a drive to reduce visa fraud and close down hundreds of privately funded “bogus” colleges.

The latest changes extend restrictions on non-EU students at privately funded colleges to those at publicly funded colleges. It is thought that there are about 5,000 non-EU students at publicly funded colleges, many of them studying for A-levels before applying to British universities.
International students in the UK: who are they really?
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Brokenshire said there had been signs of increased fraud at some publicly funded colleges and evidence of immigration advisers advertising college visas as a means to work in Britain.

“Immigration offenders want to sell illegal access to the UK jobs market, and there are plenty of people willing to buy,” he said. “Hardworking taxpayers who are helping to pay for publicly funded colleges expect them to be providing top-class education, not a backdoor to a British work visa.”

The Association of Colleges warned that the government measures risked seriously restricting Britain’s ability to attract international students.

“Preventing international FE students continuing to study in the UK after they have finished their studies will limit the progression of students from colleges to universities,” said its chief executive, Martin Doel .

“A-levels and international foundation year courses represent legitimate study routes for international students with many going on to successfully complete degrees at top-ranking universities. In blocking the route from further education to university, the government will do long-term harm to the UK as an international student destination and this policy needs urgent reconsideration.”

He added that the colleges had stringent monitoring systems to check attendance and were keen to see any evidence that they were being used as a back door for bogus students.